Vilkaviškio vyskupijos Caritas

Vilkaviškio vyskupijos Caritas is a non-governmental organisation based in Marijampolė, Lithuania working on community development, poverty & hunger, elderly care +4 more.

Vilkaviškio vyskupijos Caritas is a non-governmental Catholic charity operating at regional level in the Vilkaviškis diocese of Lithuania. It brings together the parish Caritas groups of the diocese's seven deaneries and provides social services to people in need. Its services include home help, personal assistance, daytime social care for adults, children's day centres, a addiction and counselling support centre called Rūpintojėlis, and parish charity canteens. It also runs volunteer recruitment and training programmes and organises education on addiction prevention. Volunteers support poor families, street children, young people, homeless people, lonely and sick elderly people, and women experiencing violence. The organisation is headquartered in Marijampolė and is supported by donations and municipal funding.